Two Thousand Zhuang Proverbs from China with Annotations and Chinese and English Translation

Zhou Yanxian

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 11
• Two Thousand Zhuang Proverbs from China provides an important corpus for the study of the Zhuang ethnic group by scholars, students, and others who ar... Lees meer

Contemporary Kazakh Proverb Research

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 18
• This edited volume is a feast of contemporary Kazakh proverb research. You are invited to the low table, the Kazakh dastarkhan , where special dishes ... Lees meer

Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond

Elisabeth Piirainen

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 5
• This groundbreaking book in theoretical and empirical phraseology research looks at Europe's linguistic situation as a whole, including 74 European an... Lees meer

Japanese Animal-Wife Tales

Fumihiko Kobayashi

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 9
• By re-examining the gender-specific behaviors of both the animal-woman and her human spouse, this book recovers the sociocultural and historical conte... Lees meer

Dagara Verbal Art

Paschal Kyoore

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 12
• Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa. Lees meer

Baba Yaga

Andreas Johns

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 3
• Baba Yaga is a well-known witch from the folklore tradition of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A fascinating and colorful character, she resembles witch... Lees meer

The Worldview of Modern American Proverbs

Wolfgang Mieder

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 15
• This is the first study of authentic modern American proverbs without including proverbs of British origin. It discusses the origin, nature, and meani... Lees meer

Proverbs

Wolfgang Mieder

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 8
• The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the... Lees meer

Russkie Poslovitsy

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 6
• This unique Festschrift in honor of Professor Kevin J. McKenna on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday is different from most such celebratory ess... Lees meer

Proverbs Are Never Out of Season

Wolfgang Mieder

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 7
• This book takes an engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variation in the modern world. From sales pitch to propagandist... Lees meer

The Magic Love

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 17
• This book presents a unique collection of fairy tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the first time. Lees meer

Archeology of Intangible Heritage

Francisco Vaz Da Silva

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 4
• It is remarkable how often we consider certain constructs in other peoples' worldview to be myths, while in our own case we regard equally arbitrary a... Lees meer

Metamorphosis

Francisco Vaz Da Silva

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 1
• Folklorists have become renowned for concentrating on aspects of form and classification to the detriment of content and meaning. Metamorphosis: The D... Lees meer

Dungan Folktales and Legends

Kenneth J Yin

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 16
• Dungan Folktales and Legends is a unique anthology that acquaints English-speaking readers with the rich and captivating folk stories of the Dungans, ... Lees meer

Lexicon of Common Figurative Units

Elisabeth Piirainen

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 10
• The book is both a continuation of "Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond" (2012) and differs from it by new insights into the similarities of the Eu... Lees meer

Contexts of Folklore

• Hardcover | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 13
• In Contexts of Folklore , leading lights of folklore studies from many corners of the globe honor folklorist Dan Ben-Amos-recognized for his paradigm-... Lees meer

«Call a Spade a Spade»

Wolfgang Mieder

• Paperback | Engels | International Folkloristics | nr. 2
• This book is an attempt to trace the origin, history, dissemination, and meaning of the well-known proverbial expression «to call a spade a spade.» Th... Lees meer